Will the coronavirus rewrite rural tourism? : Reinvention, adaptation and action from the Latin American context
In early 2020 the outbreak of the SARS COV2 virus, known as COVID-19, reached the proportion of a global health threat. The crystallization of the pandemic revealed the technological, economic and social lag that humanity has to face contingencies on a global scale and, with this, the existence of a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cenário |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31848 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistacenario/article/view/31848 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Turismo rural coronavirus (COVID-19) transformaciones socioeconómicas disrupción territorial turismo rural, coronavírus (COVID-19), transformações socioeconômicas, ruptura territorial. rural tourism, coronavirus (COVID-19), socioeconomic transformations, territorial disruption. |
| Sumario: | In early 2020 the outbreak of the SARS COV2 virus, known as COVID-19, reached the proportion of a global health threat. The crystallization of the pandemic revealed the technological, economic and social lag that humanity has to face contingencies on a global scale and, with this, the existence of a civilizatory crisis of great proportions was revealed. Tourism is one of the productive activities most affected by economic paralysis, being highly vulnerable to health risks, given its characteristics of overcrowding and hypermobility. Faced with the collapse of the tourism sector, many voices have proclaimed the reactivation of leisure and recreation activities, based on proximity tourism in the rural peripheries. However, this position contains a strong ambivalence that is debated between the need to reactivate local economies and the risk of contributing to the spread of the virus in contexts of marginalization and poverty. For this reason, the aim of this essay is to reflect on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on rural tourism and its eventual transformations, in the context of a possible upturn in tourism activity. The relationship between rural tourism and COVID-19 is analyzed, trying to elucidate their meanings and horizons. Reflection allows us to establish that the rediscovery of rural neighborhoods will be a key aspect in the revival of tourism, but for this it is necessary to develop a critical approach that points towards a radical transformation of tourist leisure and that guarantees the safety of all those involved in tourism. |
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